The Status Bar

The Status Bar

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The status bar at the bottom of the screen prompts the following information (from left to right):

status bar 

  • Menu Help - summary of a selected menu item.
  • Current Mode - Each icon in the drawing toolbox represents a mode. Tools requiring additional inputs after clicking the tool will display further prompts in this field.
  • Cursor Coordinates - Displays the current coordinates of the cursor in the diagram.
  • Angle Mode - A drop down window for conveniently changing from Radians to Degrees and visa versa.  This default can also be changed in the Preferences dialog - Edit / Preferences / Math.